Interop Returns 16 Million IPv4 Addresses 270
klapaucjusz writes "Every discussion about IPv4 address exhaustion prompts comments about whether Apple (or MIT, or UCB, or whoever) needs all of those addresses. Interop has set the example by returning 16 million IPv4 addresses to the ARIN pool, extending the IPv4 address exhaustion deadline by a whole month."
There you go. (Score:5, Funny)
IPs! OM NOM NOM NOM (Score:5, Funny)
IP ADDRESS MONSTER HUNGRY!
Re:Does anyone else smell Y2K hysteria here? (Score:3, Funny)
Who are you, the owner of rackspace?
Re:Does anyone else smell Y2K hysteria here? (Score:1, Funny)
Right, only criminals need a globally visible IP address for their personal computers, so that they can pirate stuff. As long as you only ever make connections to corporate-owned servers like a good little law-abiding citizen, NAT won't hurt you a bit.
Re:IPs! OM NOM NOM NOM (Score:1, Funny)
IPs are a sometimes food...
Re:Does anyone else smell Y2K hysteria here? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Delaying the inevitable (Score:3, Funny)
Apparently, if IPv4 addresses keep getting returned at an average rate of at least 16,000,000 per month, they could keep this up forever.
Re:Probably awhile (Score:3, Funny)
So, this is my fantasy world... bring on the IPv6 stuff .................. and the girls. Lots of girls that speak geek.
Bring it. BRING IT NOW!!
Re:Probably awhile (Score:5, Funny)
If only we had known about IPv6 ahead of time! Why did they spring it on us nowwwww!!!!
Re:Delaying the inevitable (Score:3, Funny)
No need to worry, actually. It won't take longer than it took the US to switch to metric. People will just realize it's a better option and start using it voluntarily.
They can have mine back (Score:2, Funny)